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• BitTorrent Developers Introduce Comcast Busting Encryption
  Several BitTorrent developers have joined forces to propose a new protocol extension with the ability to bypass the BitTorrent interfering techniques used by Comcast and other ISPs. This new form of encryption will be implemented in BitTorrent clients including uTorrent, so Comcast subscribers are free to share again.
  
  
  
• East LA's Creepy, Abandoned Hospitals [14 PICS]
  I guess I could've gotten sick some other way, but this place was just so drippingly disgusting — it just seems right that I should've picked up some horror-movie infection while there.
  
  
  
• Swimsuit for the Olympics Is a New Skin for the Big Dip
  Ryan Lochte, an Olympic swimmer, said he felt like a superhero. Michael Phelps, who is expected to win multiple gold medals at the Beijing Games, said it was as if he were wearing a spacesuit. And this was after Phelps, promoting a slinky black unitard swimsuit, stood on a podium with his arms & legs splayed like Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man"
  
  
  
• The 40 Most Inappropriate Children's Book Covers
  We asked our readers to photoshop us some "inappropriate children's book covers." We thought it was an innocent enough idea. More than 400 entries later, we realized how tragically, horribly wrong we were.
  
  
  
• PlayStation 3 Outsells Xbox 360 by 16% -- Nearly Passes Wii
  274k - Wii269k - PlayStation 3251k - Nintendo DS230k - PlayStation Portable230k - Xbox 360
  
  
  
• Village People Hire Web Sheriff for Assault on The Pirate Ba
  In a twin assault, the Web Sheriff anti-piracy outfit is looking to recruit Swedish group ABBA to fight against The (Evil) Pirate Bay, and at the same time launching legal action against on behalf of The Village People. Please note Mr Sheriff, they sang "In the Navy" - they don't really have one.
  
  
  
• Prominent Clinton Backer Says He'll Vote for Obama
  MILWAUKEE – Representative John Lewis, an iconic figure from the Civil Rights era and one of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's most prominent black supporters, said Thursday night that he planned to cast his vote as a superdelegate for Senator Barack Obama in hopes of preventing a fight at the Democratic convention.
  
  
  
• Bionic Woman Canceled
  She thought her dreams had come true after landing the lead role as TV's Bionic Woman. But after a few short months, Michelle Ryan has accepted her bid for U.S. glory was not to be and is back in Britain. The former EastEnders actress, 23, has failed to impress as the lead character in the much-hyped remake of the 1970s science fiction show
  
  
  
• HD DVD deathwatch: we're making it official
  HD DVD fans, we hate to do this to you, but it's time we called it. HD DVD is now officially on Engadget deathwatch. We haven't put anything important on deathwatch since TiVo in 2005 (which, as you may recall, still stands); but just as then, we have to step back from our personal preferences and investments in media and gear, ignore the rumors an
  
  
  
• 2 White Women Superdelegates Drop Hillary Clinton
  Big stories today in both the AP and on the front page of the NY Times had headlines about a "Black" superdelegate who supported Clinton but now shifting to Obama. Buried within each story is the fact that 2 white women superdelegates who supported Clinton are also dropping their support.
  
  
  
• New York Times Plans to Cut 100 Newsroom Jobs
  "The newspaper will bow to growing financial strain and cut 100 newsroom jobs this year, primarily through attrition and buyouts, but layoffs are a possibility, the executive editor said."
  
  
  
• Rep. Wexler Confronts Condoleezza Rice On Iraq War Lies
  Today, in hearings on Capitol Hill, I confronted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on her role in the lies, exaggerations, and misdirection that led us into the Iraq war.
  
  
  
• How Internet Censorship Works
  One of the early nicknames for the Internet was the "information superhighway" because it was supposed to provide the average person with fast access to a practically limitless amount of data. For many users, that's exactly what accessing the Internet is like. For others, it's as if the information superhighway has some major roadblocks in the form
  
  
  
• The Science of Sex: Why We Flirt
  It's so natural, we barely even notice we do it. Our body language is perhaps the most subtle expression of what we're really thinking and feeling, and is a crucial component of the courting dance known as flirting
  
  
  
• Olbermann says Bush a fascist who uses terrorism
  "You are a liar, Mr. Bush, and after showing some skill at it, you have ceased to even be a very good liar," he declared.
  
  
  
• Bush: Seize the property of those not of our vision in Iraq!
  Official Executive order from Whitehouse.gov! "I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq"
  
  
  
• Mum sells her baby online for $850 to cover flat rent debts
  
  
  
• Woman Conducts Own Aspertame Study With Pet Rats (+PICS)
  I did my aspartame experiment because my family was addicted to diet soda. After researching the effects of aspartame, I strongly believed the artificial sweetener might one day lead to their illness and even early death. I was convinced I would see tumors and possibly other harmful effects to convince my family and friends to avoid aspartame.
  
  
  
• Jack Thompson Blames NIU Shooting On Video Games
  Florida attorney Jack Thompson has appeared on Fox News this morning as a "School Shooting Expert", blaming 27-year-old sociology grad Steven Kazmierczak's rampage yesterday at Northern Illinois University on - you guessed it - video games like Counter-Strike.
  
  
  
• Obama camp cries foul over Clinton stance in Florida
  After eight losses in a row and no victories in sight this month, Hillary Clinton's campaign renewed calls Wednesday for the votes in Florida and Michigan to count toward delegates that would help her catch Barack Obama.
  
  
  
• Clinton's new slogan: Don't Get Your Hopes Up
  Matthews fired a salvo at the Clinton campaign this morning: "....she has to do is get rid of the kneecapers that work for her, ... whose main job seems to be punishing Obama or going after the press....Her campaign slogan right now is don't get your hopes up.That won't work...You can't diminish Obama and hope that you will rise from the ashes"
  
  
  
• At Halliburton/KBR, sexual assault is part of the workplace.
  Jamie Lee Jones, a young computer tech, was gang-raped on her fourth day by coworkers after being drugged; the other, Tracy Barker, was sexually assaulted by a State Department employee. Both immediately reported their assaults, only to have KBR first lock them in isolation, then question their accusations.
  
  
  
• Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is now OFFICIAL
  Activision today announced that they working on a complete Aerosmith edition of Guitar Hero. Now please tell me when the Led Zeppelin edition is coming :-(
  
  
  
• SHIFT: Are solid-state drives really better than hard disks?
  Well... are they?
  
  
  
• House GOP Stages Walkout On House Floor
  On the House floor today, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) led Republicans in a walkout in protest of a contempt vote, alleging the vote is "embarrassing political activity." The GOP is pushing for the House to approve the Senate's version of the Protect America Act, which includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications firms.
  
  
  
• SCO Gets Up to $100 Million Financing - WTF?
  SCO Group said private equity firm Stephen Norris Capital Partners and partners in the Middle East will provide up to $100 million in financing as the company continues its court battle with Novell over royalties from the Unix server operating system. Battles it continues to lose, of course.
  
  
  
• Jane Fonda says "CUNT" on the Today show. Happy Valentines!
  Ooops! This one doesn't slip by the censors often. While talking about the vagina monologues on the Today show Fonda said: "I live in Georgia, ok? I was asked to do a monologue called "Cunt" and I said I don't think so, I've got enough problems." Jane! Is that the mouth you kiss Stephen Colbert with? Shame on you!
  
  
  
• 9 Real Life Examples Of How Broken Health Care Is In America
  Jim would have never hit his insurance cap if his hospital wasn't doing things like charging him $791 for stockings (to improve blood circulation) that can be found online for $12. Or the $2,225 to $6,675 a night for an oxygen mask to help him sleep.
  
  
  
• McCain Fears Obama
  Having pretty much locked up his own party's nomination, John McCain has turned his attacks to Barack Obama, a sure sign that his camp would prefer to face Hillary Clinton in the fall.
  
  
  
• Smaller Version of the Solar System Is Discovered
  Astronomers said Wednesday that they had found a miniature version of our own solar system 5,000 light-years across the galaxy — the first planetary system that really looks like our own, with outer giant planets and room for smaller inner planets.
  
  
  
• 10 Fascinating Animal Heart Facts
  Nothing "beats" this list of 10 cool facts about animals and their hearts. (Perfect conversation topic for those Valentine's Day dates)
  
  
  
• The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All-Time
  As you prepare to spend a long weekend enjoying Presidential Savings on mattresses and used Toyotas, take a moment to acknowledge five presidents who kicked more ass than an action hero.
  
  
  
• Intel chair's letter to Bush on FISA: I will not back down
  ...to terrorists, or to Bush, says Congressman Reyes.
  
  
  
• ICANN: TLDs could end with .exe Confused? Users may be too
  ICANN's Generic Names Supporting Organization has proposed a new set of rules for generic top-level domains when the next round of applications opens later this year. Don't think you're suave by registering a .69 domain, though—those will likely be prohibited.
  
  
  
• Sure, these games are controversial, but are they even good?
  Here's a humorous take on the most controversial video games out there and why some of them were just plain bad ideas to begin with.
  
  
  
• Dell IdeaStorm: Put GNU/Linux in Retail Stores!
  Imagine how successful Dell's Ubuntu offering could be if just one Dell Ubuntu machine was put in retail stores. If people knew of an alternative to Windows, they would go for it! So what do you say, Dell? Why don't you try to put at least one of your Ubuntu machines offered in retail stores? Please add your support!
  
  
  
• 1989 Record for Solar-to-Grid Efficiency Finally Broken
  This January, on an exceptionally clear and cold day, scientists for the Sandia National Laboratory and Sterling Energy Systems recorded a 31.25% solar-to-grid effieciency, nearly 2% better than the 1989 record.
  
  
  
• Dumb and Dumber: Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?
  Something is happening in the U.S: Anti-intellectualism (the attitude that "too much learning can be a dangerous thing") and anti-rationalism ("the idea that there is no such things as evidence or fact, just opinion") have fused in a particularly insidious way. Citizens are ignorant about essential knowledge and they don't care.
  
  
  
• First Look: X-Men Origins: Wolverine Looks Bad Ass
  First things first, we all know what Hugh Jackman looks like as Wolverine - we've seen him in three X-Men movies - so this isn't about a first look at Wolverine, but rather a first look at the new movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and some interesting quotes from USA Today.
  
  
  
• Top 5 Digg Tools to Make you a Better Digger
  Take a look at some of the third party apps out there to make your Digg experience a better one.
  
  
  

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